The original 'red-eye'...

[Diggun]

Here's a great article about Alcock & Brown's first flight over the Atlantic.

 

https://specialcollections-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=18063

 

I worked in Cambridge University Library between 2014-16, mainly in the Manuscripts reading room, and having backstage access to the Vickers Archive was cool beyond belief. As well as all the Alcock & Brown stuff, there's miles of cine-film, kilometres of documents (including some fascinating documents relating to the first Spitfire flight), and loads more.

 

 

[bzc3lk]

Adelaide Airport in South Australia still  has a bit of original history  on display since 1958.

 

https://acesflyinghigh.wordpress.com/2018/09/15/sir-ross-keith-smith-vickers-vimy-2018-update/

Edited June 10, 2019 by bzc3lk